Girl dies day after being hit by pickup truck in Oak Lawn

A teenage girl hit by a pickup truck in Oak Lawn on Thursday died this afternoon, authorities said.

Kaylah Lentine, 14, of the 4500 block of West 88th Street in southwest suburban Hometown, was declared dead at 3:26 p.m. today at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The victim was struck about 8:15 a.m. Thursday at Southwest Highway and Cicero Avenue, according to Oak Lawn police.

Officers found the pedestrian lying on Cicero Avenue and the truck driver still on the scene.

The person had been walking south across Southwest Highway on the west side of Cicero Avenue when the accident happened, police said.

The intersection was closed for several hours following the crash, Oak Lawn Investigations Chief Michael Kaufmann said Thursday. No citations had been issued in the crash by late this afternoon, Kaufmann said.

The medical examiner's office originally said Kaylah's age was 33, but later corrected that information.